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Zakes Mokae was a South African stage and screen actor who won a Tony Award for his role in "Master Harold"...and the Boys. He also appeared in films such as Cry Freedom, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and Waterworld.
Zakes Mokae was a South African actor who starred in theater, film and TV. He collaborated with Athol Fugard and won a Tony for "Master Harold...and the Boys". He died in 2009 in Las Vegas.
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Sep 15, 2009 · Zakes Mokae, a Tony-winning South African actor whose partnership with his countryman, the playwright Athol Fugard, in plays like “The Blood Knot,” “Boesman and Lena” and “Master Harold ......
Sep 16, 2009 · Zakes Mokae, the Tony-winning South African actor best known for his work with playwright Athol Fugard in such apartheid dramas as “The Blood Knot” and “Master Harold . . . and the Boys,” has...
Zakes Mokae was a prominent actor in Athol Fugard's plays, such as The Blood Knot and Master Harold...and the boys, and won a Tony Award in 1982. He also appeared in films that addressed the issue of Apartheid, such as Cry Freedom and A Dry White Season.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 5, 1934, actor Zakes Mokae was initially a jazz saxophonist. Moving to England in 1961, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and became one of the most distinguished thespians in South Africa for over two decades.
Sep 20, 2016 · Zakes Mokae was a versatile and influential actor who worked in theatre, film and television, both in South Africa and abroad. He starred in Fugard's plays, Hollywood films, The West Wing and The Song of Jacob Zulu, among others.
